Physical dormancy in seeds: A game of hide and seek?

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 496-503

  Paulsen, Torbjørn Rage ^a   Colville, Louise ^b   Kranner, Ilse ^b,c   Daws, Matthew I ^b,d   Högstedt, Göran ^a   Vandvik, Vigdis ^a   Thompson, Ken ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d Alcoa of Australia Limited ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Granivore; Predation; Seed; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

GERMINATION; GRANIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEGUME; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY CUE; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PREDATION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WATER UPTAKE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DORMANCY;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS; SMELL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS ROBOROVSKII; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 84875503662     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12191     Document Type: Article

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